The Three Degrees is a 1973 studio album released by the female girl group The Three Degrees

The Three Degrees

The Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...

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Reception

Since their formation in 1963, The Three Degrees had released several hit singles on various labels, including Swan Records, Warner Bros, Metromedia, and Neptune, but had not yet recorded an album. Compilation albums were released on these labels from the early 1970s.

This was the first complete studio album recorded by the group. Released in 1973, the album includes three hit singles, "Dirty Ol' Man", a #1 hit single in the Netherlands, "Year Of Decision" and the UK #1, "When Will I See You Again

When Will I See You Again

"When Will I See You Again" is a song by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees. The song was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.It was one of the most successful recordings of the "Philly Soul" era...

". The album charted at #11 on the UK album chart.

The album was re-issued on CD in 2010, for the first time in the UK, by Big Break Records. This re-issue includes three bonus tracks including a 1977 remix of "Dirty Ol' Man" by Tom Moulton

Tom Moulton

Tom Moulton is an American record producer, and originator of the remix, the breakdown section, and the 12-inch single vinyl format.-Life and career:Thomas Jerome Moulton was born in Schenectady, New York, United States....

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Track listing

1. "Dirty Ol' Man" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
2. "Can't You See What You're Doing To Me" (Bruce Hawes, J.B. Jefferson)
3. "A Woman Needs a Good Man" (Bunny Sigler
   Bunny Sigler
   Walter "Bunny" Sigler is a pop and R&B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s. He is nicknamed "Mr...
   
   , Marvin E. Jackson, Mikki Farrow)
4. "When Will I See You Again
   When Will I See You Again
   "When Will I See You Again" is a song by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees. The song was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.It was one of the most successful recordings of the "Philly Soul" era...
   
   " (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
5. "I Didn't Know" (Bunny Sigler, Jean-Pierre Lang)
6. "I Like Being a Woman" (Bruce Hawes, J.B. Jefferson)
7. "If and When" (Bruce Hawes, J.B. Jefferson)
8. "Year of Decision" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)

CD bonus tracks

9. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

"TSOP " is a 1974 hit recording by MFSB featuring vocals by The Three Degrees. A classic example of the Philadelphia soul genre, it was written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff as the theme for the American musical television program Soul Train, which specialized in African American musical...

" MFSB

MFSB

MFSB was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O’Jays, the Stylistics, the...

 featuring The Three Degrees (7" single version) (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)

10. "Love Is The Message" MFSB

MFSB

MFSB was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O’Jays, the Stylistics, the...

 featuring The Three Degrees (7" single version) (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)

11. "Dirty Ol' Man" ('A Tom Moulton Mix') (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)

The Three Degrees

• Sheila Ferguson - vocals
• Valerie Holiday - vocals
• Fayette Pinkney - vocals

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	33
Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	28

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
1974	"When Will I See You Again"	2	4
	"Year Of Decision"	-	74
1975	"I Didn't Know"	-	18

External links

• The Three Degrees-The Three Degrees at Discogs